This is the original teaser trailer (from 2016) for our not-so-short animated film «La Caravana.» At the time, the animation style was mostly based on flat cutouts, some stop-motion, and some pixillation, while the main software used was Adobe After Effects. Due to practical reasons we’d end up moving to Cinema 4D the following year, and making small but significant changes to the characters and their animation style.
The core team was more or less the same during the whole process, and was extremely involved from the very beginning. The main change came, of course, when we switched from flat animation to 3D CG, and we brought two of the most amazing animators in Cuba onboard.
This teaser trailer was simultaneously a very slow process and a rush job, and this tension, these opposing forces, defined the whole production process of «La Caravana.»
Credits:
- Directors: Rubén & Daniel Cruces
- Producers: Rubén & Daniel Cruces
- Story & Screenplay: Daniel Cruces
- Art Direction: Victor M. Ortega
- Concept Art: Yussuán Remolina, Rubén Cruces & Victor M. Ortega
- Character Design: Rubén Cruces, Ermitis Blanco, and Marlon R. White
- Props and practical effects: Julio A. Pérez Penichet
- Animation: Rubén Cruces & Julio A. Pérez Penichet
- Compositing: O’Nelson García Maza
- Sound: Glenda Martínez & Irina Carballosa
- Music: Luis Alberto «Tito» Mariño
- Title & Dossier Design: Aldo A. Cruces